House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2415.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 70, April 30, 2019, Page H3341):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2415, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2415
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 27, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 27, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
157 cosponsors — 157 Democrats
0 of 157 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Tj Cox (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL) and 127 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
- H.R. 3131 (116th) South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2020
- H.Res. 1153 (116th) Condemning unwanted, unnecessary medical procedures on individuals without their full, informed consent.
- H.R. 5581 (116th) Access to Counsel Act of 2020
- H.R. 1384 (116th) Medicare for All Act of 2019
- H.R. 6918 (116th) Paycheck Recovery Act of 2020
- H.R. 3760 (116th) Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.